Net/Sys Admin I - Network/System Administrator at Watermark Risk Management International
Colorado Springs, CO
$70,550–$95,450from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-to-mid-level Network/Systems Administrator role supporting DoD Special Access Programs (SAPs), including HQ Air Force and OSD. Day-to-day responsibilities cover operating and maintaining classified LAN/WAN environments, managing SIEM tools, following O&M checklists, and providing technical support across Windows and Linux server platforms. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to undergo a CI polygraph.
Junior level · 1+ years · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is explicitly 'Network/Systems Administrator I', placing this at the Level I (entry) band; the 1–3 years experience requirement and the note that Level I candidates should possess 'some SAP experience' confirm a junior-level role.
Education requirement accepts a Bachelor's degree, an Associate's degree plus 2 years of experience, OR 4 years of equivalent experience — no degree is strictly mandatory, so the degree requirement is set to None.
DoD 8570.01-M IA Technician Level III certification is required but may be obtained within 6 months of hire; it is still treated as a hard gate given the firm language.
A TS/SCI clearance is explicitly required; the posting also requires willingness to submit to a Counterintelligence polygraph, which is captured under the TopSecretSci clearance flag.
The role has a meaningful security/SIEM operations component (SIEM monitoring, incident response, cybersecurity tool analysis), which is why 15-1212 Information Security Analysts is noted as a runner-up SOC. However, the primary framing — LAN/WAN administration, O&M checklists, patch management, server administration — aligns more squarely with 15-1244.
The broad technology list in the 'working technical competency' paragraph is presented as a stack of supported platforms rather than individually gated requirements; those items are marked preferred. Technologies explicitly called out under 'Other Requirements' with 'working knowledge' or 'must' language are marked required.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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